Close to labor???

I am 36 weeks pregnant and well for the past week I have had excrutiating back pain and have been tired and soar because i went into preterm labor last friday... and found out that I am 2 almost 3 cm dilated and 60% effaced and my son is all the way down and engaged... well today I woke up at 5 am to wakeup my boyfriendand usually I go back to bed at 7am until like 10 or so well i wasnt even tired I was still having back pain but I had little the urge to clean so i did in little spurts then around like 2 I got tired and took a 2 hour nap and I woke up and my excrutiating back pain was gone....it was weird I even felt wierd like the best i had felt in months full of energy and no pain (which is unusual cause I am in constant pain) so my question is.... has this happened to anyone else? and could it signify that labor is coming soon?

Hay hun.As for labour i really could'nt help you as i never went in to natural labour and had to be induced both times with dd's! But the cleaning spurs sounds like ur nesting! This is were ur start to prepair and get ready for little buba to come along x If ur feeling any more pain then maybe go and see ur midwife, ask if she could do an internal and see if ur dilated any more?

I hope ur feeling a little better soon, wont be long until bubba is here xx

yeah my pain that went away last night its back well at least not in my back.... the inside of my thighs have been hurting all day and I have been having really bad pelvic pressure almost to the point where its extremely painful.... and my contractions are more intense to the point that when I have one I feel so much pressure down there it almost feels like I need to push sometimes but I know I dont.... its really wierd... and my contractions arent freaquent or consisitent which is even weirder all I know is the pressure is unbearable